The SAPOL Road Safety Centre has moved to its new location in West Beach and is now open. The Road Safety Section offers a range of free road safety programs to schools, aimed at students, teachers and parents, as well as business and community groups. Sessions are held at the Road Safety Centre or at your preferred off-site location. The Road Safety Centre features a mock roadway where young pedestrians and cyclists can learn about road safety in a safe and fun environment. The mock roadway helps children to become familiar with: Signage on the roads Pedestrian safety Road rules…
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Charity Clothing Is a Means to Raise FundsCharity clothes are not given for free to the event participants; rather, they are sold at a higher price than the design and production cost, which gives funds to the organisation selling them. Most event organisers work with reputable companies that specialise in charity clothing to come up with a perfect design.Additionally, they promote the clothing early enough to sell as many pieces as possible. This will also determine the number of participants who will attend the event.A Marketing Platform for DonorsMost charity event planners work with business donors that inject more money…
Ahead of Tunisia’s presidential election scheduled for October 6, many Tunisians are taking stock of the past five years under the presidency of Kais Saied. The country remains divided between his long-term supporters, and opponents who say the regime is repressive. Our reporters Lilia Blaise and Hamdi Tlili went to meet voters on both sides of the political divide, from Tunis to Paris.
In tonight’s edition, At least 78 people died when an overcrowded boat capsized on Lake Kivu in eastern Congo on Thursday. Also, Kinshasa will begin a vaccination campaign on Saturday, three days later than planned. And The Zimbabwean government will this month pay an initial $20 million to foreign white and local Black farmers who lost land in farm invasions under former leader Robert Mugabe.
Hundreds of Tunisians protested in the capital Friday against President Kais Saied, two days before a presidential election which demonstrators claim is not legitimate. Since coming to power in 2021, most of Saied’s major critics, including a candidate in Sunday’s vote, have been jailed amid a crackdown on dissent.
A world-renowned naturalist and environmentalist, who is credited with discovering a new species of lemur, has spoken to FRANCE 24 about her latest discovery. Dr Patricia Wright has found a 14-square-kilometre tropical rainforest in a remote part of Madagascar. She has been working with a team of scientists who have been documenting its natural wonders. Their work has been captured in a new documentary that’s to be shown on French television next week. Dr Wright is the founder and executive director of the Institute for the Conservation of Tropical Environments and Centre ValBio, which is a world-renowned research campus in…
Forty years after his death, Ahmed Sékou Touré, the father of Guinea’s independence, is more popular than ever. For young people across West Africa in search of a hero, Sékou Touré could be what they’re looking for. But this rehabilitation of the country’s past dictator glosses over the tens of thousands of deaths attributed to his regime, with access to the notorious Camp Boiro concentration camp now closed to victims’ families. Our correspondent Sarah Sakho reports.
Book Review of Can i Have a Phone?Sponsored* | All opinions are our ownThe Children’s Book Review Can i Have a Phone? Written by Joshua McGrath Illustrated by Karina Bulgakova Ages: 6-12 | 55 Pages Publisher: Joshua McGrath (2024) | ISBN: 979-8856252049 What to Expect: Technology, responsibility, imagination, experience, and peer pressure. Leonard Winowski has a REAL problem. He needs a phone—he’s ten years old, and everyone else at school has one—but his mother doesn’t care! She isn’t interested in his happiness, so she keeps bringing him home books to read instead. Then, when his English teacher asks him to…
Get Stoked! is a FREE bike riding community event by Lighthouse Youth Projects Inc. Go along on Saturday 5 October 2024 for an MTB jam session at the Lynton 4 Cross Track from 10am – 2pm. There will be good times, hi-fives and berm shralps. Event-goers can take along friends or make some new ones. There will also be some cool challenges and giveaways throughout. Event-goers can park at the Lynton SES sheds or ditch the car and ride in to meet the group. This event is supported by the City of Mitcham, PayDirt Project and Santa Cruz Bicycles. …
The Role of GCSE SubjectsThe journey to college success doesn’t begin when your child submits their UCAS application; it starts much earlier, with the choices they make for their GCSE subjects. The subjects your child studies at GCSE level will not only affect their A-level options but will also shape their future academic and career paths.For example, if your child is considering a career in engineering, choosing GCSE subjects like maths and science is essential, as these will serve as the foundation for A-levels and further studies in the field. Alternatively, if they have a passion for literature or the…